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by stoneyl
August 21st, 2013, 7:53 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Cross pair vega limit
Replies: 0
Views: 7506

Cross pair vega limit

<t>Guys,Anyone could share some experience how in practice bank set their vega limits for cross curreny pairs Let's say we have a EURUSD, USDJPY and EURJPY FX option in the portfolio. Due to the divesification effect, It doesn't make too much sense to have a gross vega limit on the entire portfolio ...
by stoneyl
July 20th, 2012, 5:39 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Volatility smile estimation
Replies: 6
Views: 13797

Volatility smile estimation

This is very interesting suggestion Alan. I will definitely give it a try. Thanks a lotBy the way, is the any document/paper discussing this topic?
by stoneyl
July 20th, 2012, 12:57 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Volatility smile estimation
Replies: 6
Views: 13797

Volatility smile estimation

<t>Hi Everyone, Could anyone shed some light on is there any way to construct a volatility surface for a illiquid stock where no option prices can be observed from the market? Can a relative sensible volatility smile be estimated from historical data? In practice if you are a market maker and reques...
by stoneyl
September 4th, 2009, 12:47 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: a tricky interview c++ question
Replies: 59
Views: 42769

a tricky interview c++ question

got an very tricky c++ interview question here/******************************int i = 1;void f(){ int i = 2; { int i = 3; //How to access the second i here????????????? }}is there any special local scope resolution operators we can use here???
by stoneyl
May 18th, 2009, 9:40 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: WolframAlpha
Replies: 1
Views: 39041

WolframAlpha

no result can be found for "Brownian Motion".............................
by stoneyl
December 11th, 2008, 11:58 am
Forum: Brainteaser Forum
Topic: another dice brian teaser
Replies: 11
Views: 50739

another dice brian teaser

YES.... That's what i got as well0.19121458.......
by stoneyl
December 11th, 2008, 9:22 am
Forum: Brainteaser Forum
Topic: another dice brian teaser
Replies: 11
Views: 50739

another dice brian teaser

a regular dice with equal probability 1/6 for each side, throw it repeatly and accumulate the results. Game stops when accumulated number reaches 15 or above... what is the probability of the accumulated number is 17anyone can suggest a analytic solution for thisthanks
by stoneyl
December 5th, 2008, 9:44 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: China's Sovereign Risk?
Replies: 12
Views: 47633

China's Sovereign Risk?

stupid article I don't even bother to comment..linking China's current credibility to some sovereign debt during world war II is just ridiculous!